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Delaware State Using Data Science to Improve Retention

Delaware State University uses data science to not only improve retention rates among students but the overall success of the school.

August 29, 2016

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NIH Research Project Address Health Disparities

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, is launching the Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers (TCC) for Health Disparities Research on Chronic Disease Prevention program. This program responds to the need for more robust, ecological approaches to address chronic diseases among racial and ethnic minority groups, under-served […]

August 29, 2016

ADHD is Often Missed in Children of Color

While a higher percentage of black children show the symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than white kids, they are less likely to be diagnosed or treated for the disorder, researchers report. The new study showed a similar trend when it came to Hispanic children: They were as likely as their white peers to exhibit the […]

August 29, 2016

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Grants Will Help Remove Lead in East Chicago Soil

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — The state of Indiana is providing $200,000 to the city of East Chicago to help families living at a public housing complex where soil is tainted with elevated levels of lead and arsenic. The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority says its board approved the allocation of $100,000 to the East […]

August 29, 2016

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Brain Injuries Overlooked in Domestic Assaults

CHICAGO— There are no bomb blasts or collisions with burly linemen in Susan Contreras’ past. Her headaches, memory loss and bouts of confused thinking were a mystery until doctors suggested a probable cause: domestic violence. A former partner repeatedly beat her, she says. “He would hit me mainly in the head so that nobody would […]

August 29, 2016

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Florida Teen Survives Killer Brain Amoeba

ORLANDO, Fla. —A South Florida boy has survived a rare brain-eating amoeba that kills most people, aided in part because a hard-to-get drug to fight the infection is made by a company based in Orlando where he was hospitalized, doctors said. Sebastian DeLeon came to the hospital two weeks ago with sensitivity to light and […]

August 29, 2016

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Blacks in Texas Face Highest Risk of Maternal Death

HOUSTON — Black women face the greatest risk for pregnancy-related death in Texas, according to a new report. The report released last week found that cardiac events, overdose by legal or illegal prescription drugs, and high blood pressure disorders are the leading causes of maternal death. “This confirms what we feared — that many of […]

August 29, 2016

Ebola Survivor to Nurse Students: Be Best of the Best

ATLANTA —An American woman treated for the Ebola virus at Emory University Hospital said health care workers continue to learn more about the disease she contracted in 2014 while volunteering in the West African country of Liberia. Nancy Writebol addressed nursing students in Atlanta on August 26, about two years after she arrived at the […]

August 29, 2016

Golden Gate University Ranked No.1 for Adult Learners

Golden Gate University is ranked No. 1 for adult learners in the latest edition of Washington Monthly’s annual best college rankings issue.

August 28, 2016

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Would Guns be Allowed in Texas Classrooms if They Were More like Stadiums?

Back-to-school now includes guns, thanks to the new campus carry law that took effect in the state of Texas.

August 28, 2016

Increasing HBCU Retention: It’s the Small Things

Administration may overlook the collection of issues that may lead students to attrition, transferring from an HBCU to a predominantly White institution (PWI), community college or giving up higher education altogether for each individual student.

August 28, 2016

Study: Academic Readiness Gaps Closing but Slowly

Despite the narrowing readiness gaps, they remain large and in fact progress is so slow that at the rate that improvements are occurring, it will take at least 60 years for disparities to be eliminated.

August 28, 2016

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Increased Oversight of ITT and the Impact on Students

In recent years, ITT Educational Services, Inc. (ITT) has increasingly been the subject of state and federal investigations and this year it has twice been found out of compliance with its accreditor’s standards. Over time, ITT’s decisions have put its students and millions of dollars in taxpayer funded federal student aid at risk. In response, […]

August 26, 2016

El Paso Gets One Stop Center for Veterans

Emergence Health Network (EHN) is proud to announce the Grand Opening of the El Paso Veterans One Stop Center. EHN received a $500,000 grant from the Texas Veterans Commission Fund for Veterans’ Assistance and close to $123,000 from the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) for the development of the first of its kind “Veteran […]

August 26, 2016

Air Force Veteran Serves Community Through Art

I seldom create things to please other people; I normally create things with the mindset that I’m making something that I would want to display in my own home,” said the man with many accolades and awarding-winning pieces adorning the walls around his drafting table. Before retiring in 2010, then Master Sgt. Cody Vance was […]

August 26, 2016

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Senator Baldwin Supports Grant for Center

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin applauded the Department of Education’s announcement to award the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee $236,900 in TRIO grant funding. The funding will go towards the University’s Educational Opportunity Center in order to assist the Center in sustained efforts to increase access to postsecondary education for adults from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds. This announcement […]

August 26, 2016

Overseas, Public Universities Are More Affordable

With the growing concern over the high tuition rates in the United States, some students may be considering getting an online education. Another alternative would be to earn a degree overseas. According to the College Board, the average tuition and fees for in-state students at public universities was at $9,410. Moreover, the average published tuition […]

August 26, 2016

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The Education Bubble Keeps Growing

Return on investment. Higher education is becoming increasingly more expensive and it’s not getting results; it doesn’t lead to graduates getting jobs that allow them to pay off the debts they’ve accrued from that education. That’s not to say that higher education should solely be judged based on graduate salaries. Read More

August 26, 2016